Show only five republicans voted a ns the which establishes thir teen new contract mail lines washington the senate un wednesday cast its first ballot on the subsidy shipping bill which was passed by a vote of 38 to 27 all the votes for the bill were by republican senators and five republican senator voted with the democrats in alon they were burkett dol liver la follette spooner and war ner the vote on the bill waa pra ceded by action on number amendments and this by an entire day of debate many important amendments were accepted but only in one case was a modification agreed to that was not in accordance with the wishes of the managers of the bill the exception was on an amendment offered by mr spooner eliminating the provision giving halt pay to members of the naval reserve who have served lesa than six months As passed the bill establishes thir teen new contract mail lines and in creases the subsidy to the oceanic line running from the pacific coast to aus tr alasia of the thirteen new lines three leave atlantic coast ports one running to brazil one to uruguay and argentina and one to south africa six from ports on the gulf of mexico embracing one to brazil one to cuba one to mexico and three to central america and the isthmus of panama four from pacific coast ports embrace ing two to japan china and the phil direct one to japan china and the philippines via hawaii and one to mexico central america and the isthmus of panama the bill also grants a subsidy at the rate of 5 per gross ton per year to cargo vessels engaged in the foreign trade of the united states and at the rate of per ton to vessels en in the philippine trade the phil coastwise law being postponed until 1909 another feature of the bill Is that creating a naval reserve force of 10 officers and men who are to receive retainers after the british practice vessels receiving subsidies are required to carry a certain alon of naval reserve men among their crews the aggregate compensation for mail lines Is about an dually no steam vessel of less than 1000 tons is to receive aid under the bill |